diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index dcd2a6388..c53bd02c9 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ android {
         versionName '0.8.4'
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
-                // targets "lokinet-android"
+                targets "lokinet-android"
                 arguments "-DWITH_LTO=OFF", "-DCXXOPTS_BUILD_TESTS=OFF","-DWITH_TESTS=OFF", "-DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=ON", "-DNATIVE_BUILD=OFF", "-DANDROID=ON", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_static",  "-DBUILD_STATIC_DEPS=ON", "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF", "-DSTATIC_LINK=ON", "-DANDROID_ARM_MODE=arm", "-DFORCE_OXENMQ_SUBMODULE=ON"
                 cppFlags "-std=c++17"
                 abiFilters 'x86', 'x86_64', 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
diff --git a/daemon/CMakeLists.txt b/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
index 9bfeac730..c52188aa4 100644
--- a/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(lokinet-bootstrap PUBLIC cpr::cpr)
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+  # because debian sid's curl doesn't link against openssl for some godawful cursed reason
+  target_link_libraries(lokinet-bootstrap PUBLIC OpenSSL::Crypto)
+endif()
 
 foreach(exe lokinet lokinet-vpn lokinet-bootstrap)
   if(WIN32 AND NOT MSVC_VERSION)
@@ -36,6 +41,7 @@ foreach(exe lokinet lokinet-vpn lokinet-bootstrap)
   if(WITH_JEMALLOC)
     target_link_libraries(${exe} PUBLIC jemalloc)
   endif()
+  target_include_directories(${exe} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
   target_compile_definitions(${exe} PRIVATE -DVERSIONTAG=${GIT_VERSION_REAL})
   add_log_tag(${exe})
   if(should_install)
diff --git a/daemon/lokinet-bootstrap.cpp b/daemon/lokinet-bootstrap.cpp
index 855dcc9f3..75209012c 100644
--- a/daemon/lokinet-bootstrap.cpp
+++ b/daemon/lokinet-bootstrap.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #include <cpr/cpr.h>
 #include <llarp/constants/files.hpp>
 #include <llarp/constants/version.hpp>
-#include <llarp/util/buffer.hpp>
 #include <llarp/util/fs.hpp>
-#include <llarp/router_contact.hpp>
 
+#include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <unordered_map>
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <openssl/x509.h>
@@ -14,21 +16,41 @@
 namespace
 {
   int
-  exit_with_message(std::string msg, int exitcode)
+  fail(std::string msg)
   {
     std::cout << msg << std::endl;
-    return exitcode;
+    return 1;
   }
 }  // namespace
 
 int
 main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-  std::string bootstrap_url{"https://seed.lokinet.org/lokinet.signed"};
+  const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> bootstrap_urls = {
+      {"mainnet", "https://seed.lokinet.org/lokinet.signed"},
+      {"lokinet", "https://seed.lokinet.org/lokinet.signed"},
+      {"testnet", "https://seed.lokinet.org/testnet.signed"},
+      {"gamma", "https://seed.lokinet.org/testnet.signed"}};
+
+  std::string bootstrap_url = bootstrap_urls.at("lokinet");
+  fs::path outputfile{llarp::GetDefaultBootstrap()};
+
   if (argc > 1)
   {
-    bootstrap_url = argv[1];
+    if (auto itr = bootstrap_urls.find(argv[1]); itr != bootstrap_urls.end())
+    {
+      bootstrap_url = itr->second;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      bootstrap_url = argv[1];
+    }
   }
+  if (argc > 2)
+  {
+    outputfile = fs::path{argv[2]};
+  }
+
   cpr::Response resp =
 #ifdef _WIN32
       cpr::Get(
@@ -41,24 +63,24 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 #endif
   if (resp.status_code != 200)
   {
-    return exit_with_message(
-        "failed to fetch '" + bootstrap_url + "' HTTP " + std::to_string(resp.status_code), 1);
+    return fail("failed to fetch '" + bootstrap_url + "' HTTP " + std::to_string(resp.status_code));
   }
-
   std::stringstream ss;
   ss << resp.text;
-
   std::string data{ss.str()};
-  llarp_buffer_t buf{&data[0], data.size()};
-
-  llarp::RouterContact rc;
-  if (not rc.BDecode(&buf))
-    return exit_with_message("invalid bootstrap data was fetched", 1);
-
-  const auto path = llarp::GetDefaultBootstrap();
-  if (not rc.Write(path))
-    return exit_with_message("failed to write bootstrap file to " + path.string(), 1);
-
-  const llarp::RouterID router{rc.pubkey};
-  return exit_with_message("fetched bootstrap file for " + router.ToString(), 0);
+  if (data[0] == 'l' or data[0] == 'd')
+  {
+    try
+    {
+      fs::ofstream ofs{outputfile, std::ios::binary};
+      ofs.exceptions(fs::ofstream::failbit);
+      ofs << data;
+      return 0;
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& ex)
+    {
+      return fail(std::string{"failed to write bootstrap file: "} + ex.what());
+    }
+  }
+  return fail("got invalid bootstrap file content");
 }
diff --git a/llarp/util/fs.hpp b/llarp/util/fs.hpp
index d588292ea..be68057d6 100644
--- a/llarp/util/fs.hpp
+++ b/llarp/util/fs.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@
 namespace fs = ghc::filesystem;
 #else
 #include <filesystem>
-namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+namespace fs
+{
+  using namespace std::filesystem;
+  using ifstream = std::ifstream;
+  using ofstream = std::ofstream;
+  using fstream = std::fstream;
+}  // namespace fs
+
 #endif
 
 #ifndef _MSC_VER